TUSooner
1/7/2006, 10:58 AM
Friday night, Mrs. TU and daughter #2 decided we needed Chinese food for supper. That was OK because Chinese restaurants are about the only thing open at night around the Westbank these days - so I’m told. Nobody wanted to go out because of the crowds, so we decided on take-out. We finally settled on China Doll out in Harvey. Both of their phone lines were busy, so it took about 10 minutes just to get through. Order placed; wait time about 55 minutes. After killing some time on SF.com, I headed out. I kept an unopened can of beer with me, in case of trouble.
I switched on the radio. It was tuned to the “Sports Monster” and the Hornets game was on. I don’t really care much for hoops, especially on the radio, but I had to keep listening to “the Deaconess Hospital Half-Time Report” because the only Deaconess Hospital I know of is in OKC. It was a kick - a small one - to hear commercials for Oklahoma things on my radio in Harvey, LA. Almost like the time I picked up KOMA’s broadcast of the Moore-Norman HS football game down here long ago.
China Doll was closing at 9 and at 8:30 it was packed wall to wall. The bar was filled with diners, drinkers, and cigarette smoke. A really cute Vietnamese girl named Cecilia brought me my order. I was glad to know they were taking plastic, because you never know who’s “cash only” these days.
I got in the car and dug around in the bag for a cho-cho - a fried wonton filled with shrimp in a reddish sauce. It was good, so I grabbed another. There was no sign of trouble, but I opened the beer anyway. On the radio, the Hornets were fighting back after the Blazers had gone on something like a 19-1 run. Jerry V & Sean were concerned because Chris Paul had hurt his
thumb and would be out for 2 weeks. But a Ford Center full of Okies cheered as the Hornets regained the lead at the end of the 3rd quarter. Y’all sounded good.
I switched on the radio. It was tuned to the “Sports Monster” and the Hornets game was on. I don’t really care much for hoops, especially on the radio, but I had to keep listening to “the Deaconess Hospital Half-Time Report” because the only Deaconess Hospital I know of is in OKC. It was a kick - a small one - to hear commercials for Oklahoma things on my radio in Harvey, LA. Almost like the time I picked up KOMA’s broadcast of the Moore-Norman HS football game down here long ago.
China Doll was closing at 9 and at 8:30 it was packed wall to wall. The bar was filled with diners, drinkers, and cigarette smoke. A really cute Vietnamese girl named Cecilia brought me my order. I was glad to know they were taking plastic, because you never know who’s “cash only” these days.
I got in the car and dug around in the bag for a cho-cho - a fried wonton filled with shrimp in a reddish sauce. It was good, so I grabbed another. There was no sign of trouble, but I opened the beer anyway. On the radio, the Hornets were fighting back after the Blazers had gone on something like a 19-1 run. Jerry V & Sean were concerned because Chris Paul had hurt his
thumb and would be out for 2 weeks. But a Ford Center full of Okies cheered as the Hornets regained the lead at the end of the 3rd quarter. Y’all sounded good.